Loved the Fan Support at BAton Rouge :rolleyes [Archive]

Shiner Bock Girl

10-30-2005, 07:54 PM

That was awesome how empty the seats were in the 4th Quarter. That was great!!!

You probably could have taken a nap with how quiet it was at the end of the game!!

I was thinking the same thing..Seems the crowd gave up on them long ago in the game...I also loved hearing how it took all nite to get the field in shape after the LSU game last nite....Get used to this LSU, because your going to have a year of doing this if they play on your field next year.....

McKenzie

10-30-2005, 08:00 PM

You got that right. LSU's field was shit today and given a month with both of them on it, it's going to be mush. LSU didn't want them 2 months ago. They won't be begging for them next year.

Sense

10-30-2005, 08:01 PM

Yet another reason why Saints are comin to SA.

McKenzie

10-30-2005, 08:06 PM

Yet another reason why Saints are comin to SA.

We can hope. Benson, Tag and Blanco should be meeting right about now unless they did it before the game. If I was Benson, I'd point out the shit field only about to get shittier as a damn good reason to play here....inside with air conditioning.

Shiner Bock Girl

10-30-2005, 08:17 PM

We can hope. Benson, Tag and Blanco should be meeting right about now unless they did it before the game. If I was Benson, I'd point out the shit field only about to get shittier as a damn good reason to play here....inside with air conditioning.

Hey girl, were they doing their usual booing they do???..I thought i heard alot of boos on the Saints, unless i was hearing things.......

N.Y. Johnny

10-30-2005, 10:22 PM

The sad thing is all you guys posting are dead on, but Tagliabue will take that half assed turn out and spin it as a great show and want to keep the Saints in Baton Rouge for next year for all 8 games. I have a feeling even though LSU might not want them in there Tags might make them an offer they can't refuse or some back door cash deal to the School to cooperate. I'm sure they won't care having some shwoogies work overnight to fix the field up :spin

TheWriter

10-30-2005, 10:22 PM

Barely 61,000 for your home team that you keep crying about not wanting to leave and hell, the damn state and all Saints fans had over two months to sell tickets and they can barely beat out our first game tickets sales that we only had two and a half weeks to buy.

:lol

TheWriter

10-30-2005, 10:23 PM

61,000 in a 97,000 seat stadium that only opened 79,000 seats for the game today.

:lol :lol

Vashner

10-30-2005, 10:49 PM

We are going to need a sell out for this next game.

TheWriter

10-30-2005, 10:52 PM

We are going to need a sell out for this next game.

We have almost two months to sell however many remain. I'm pretty sure we will.

dknights411

10-30-2005, 10:54 PM

I really don't care about the Saints in Baton Rouge since saintsreport.com has trashed us, but I heard that there was a lot of anti-SA signs at the game (I heard one said "Do it again Ozzy (Osbourne)!!!" ) Gee, and they say that WE don't have any class. :rolleyes

Who here wants to bet that next week's Baton Rouge game doesn't even crack 40,000 in attendence?

TheWriter

10-30-2005, 10:57 PM

I really don't care about the Saints in Baton Rouge since saintsreport.com has trashed us, but I heard that there was a lot of anti-SA signs at the game (I heard one said "Do it again Ozzy (Osbourne)!!!" )

Gee, and they say that WE don't have any class. :rolleyes

A lot of anti San Antonio signs.

"Forget the Alamo."

"San Antone Ain't Home."

T Park

10-31-2005, 02:41 AM

another I saw

San antonio are vultures

Guess what Louisiana, take back your refugees you ungreatfull asswhipes.

IcemanCometh

10-31-2005, 03:01 AM

another I saw

San antonio are vultures

Guess what Louisiana, take back your refugees you ungreatfull asswhipes.

leave it to tpark to put it all in a perspective no one can support

j-6

10-31-2005, 03:21 AM

TheWriter

10-31-2005, 03:24 AM

j-6

10-31-2005, 03:34 AM

And like MB, I too wonder why someone who doesn't live in this city is so obsessed with its goings on. :spin

Where did he (MB) post in this thread? And isn't this thread about Baton Rouge and the reception of the fans there, which you decided to hate on? And you're upset that they put up anti-SA signs?

Get some perspective before blindly throwing names and hatred around.

TheWriter

10-31-2005, 03:48 AM

Where did he (MB) post in this thread? And isn't this thread about Baton Rouge and the reception of the fans there, which you decided to hate on? And you're upset that they put up anti-SA signs?

Get some perspective before blindly throwing names and hatred around.

I'm talking about in the "other" threads.

I get why they had anti-SA signs. But I still they they're stupid for including an entire city for an owner and mayors doings.

McKenzie

10-31-2005, 06:21 AM

Hey girl, were they doing their usual booing they do???..I thought i heard alot of boos on the Saints, unless i was hearing things.......

Well, they had Ricky Williams to boo as well, so most of it was during defense because that way they could boo both and save energy. Seems the effort was being made by CBS to support the Louisiana angle and keep the volume meters turned off so we couldn't hear much. After the first quarter, I didn't hear much noise and by the fourth...well many had left. The signs really pissed me off. Forget the Alamo. Camera guy kept showing it.

On the news last night, I heard a comment by Tag and a quote from Blanco and LSU. Missing was a comment or mention of any kind from Benson. They ended the piece by saying things were still not settled, but Tag was going on about the Saints leading the rebuilding of New Orleans. Nothing on a facility other than using LSU.

No one really knows what's been going on with Benson and Hardberger. The lack of comments from Benson while Phil blabbered on is telling. They may have met, but Benson is smart enough to keep a lid on it until he knows more. However, the camera and CBS played this thing right so that the fans in Louisiana, who bitch a lot, got their glory day and now may prove to be insufferable.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 09:50 AM

Wait a minute...I have been told in almost every thread that I have posted in on this forum that our (my) priorities are out order and that I shouldn't worry about the Saints because there are more important things to worry about.

Now when 61,000 show up to support the team it isn't enough for some people :rolleyes

Not to mention that paying $150 to watch a quarterback who can't even hold on to the ball without fumbling it could hardly be considered worth it.

This team sucks....they are 2-6, had 52 unanswered points scored against them in G.B, Couldn't score a TD against the Dolphins who aren't exactly the elite in the league.

Oh yea and there were several thousand season ticket holders (reported by local news station last night) that could not even get in to the game because the ticket office was so swamped with season ticket holders trying to pick up their season tickets for Tiger Stadium.

I think 61,000 was pretty decent all things considering.

3rdCoast

10-31-2005, 09:59 AM

La = Shithole = Fact

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 10:21 AM

La = Shithole = Fact

Opinions are like assholes....everybody has one.

j-6

10-31-2005, 10:49 AM

I considered posting this in the Saints forum so many of you despise, but I thought you guys might enjoy it.

So I went to the ESPN Club in Disneyworld's Boardwalk over the weekend, and the featured player that was taking questions on site when we were there was Falcons kicker Todd Peterson. The host bantered back and forth with him for a little while, then opened the floor up for questions. One guy, a Falcons fan, asked him something about the UGA kicker and then nobody had any questions. The host implored the audience to speak up, so I stood up and asked if he had ever had a chance to rekick a shank to win a game after a defensive holding call like the mulligan he got in San Antonio.

He was quiet for a little bit, and then just burst out laughing and told us a story about he was lining up for a fifty yarder to win a game when he was in Seattle and Oakland got thirty yards worth of penalties before the snap, and then he banked in the 20-something yarder off the upright.

McKenzie

10-31-2005, 12:18 PM

Now when 61,000 show up to support the team it isn't enough for some people :rolleyes

I think 61,000 was pretty decent all things considering.

Hey, we got hit upside the head when our San Antonio numbers were in the 59,000-60,000 some odd numbers. Turn about is fair play. LOL

Oh and if you spent $150 for a ticket, don't bark about Aaron's performance. You paid to see it. In all fairness, it wasn't his fault. IMHO, a Dolphin should NOT have been in his face on every down, behind the O Line. Haz should tear up the line for failing to cover the rush.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 02:09 PM

Hey, we got hit upside the head when our San Antonio numbers were in the 59,000-60,000 some odd numbers. Turn about is fair play. LOL

Oh and if you spent $150 for a ticket, don't bark about Aaron's performance. You paid to see it. In all fairness, it wasn't his fault. IMHO, a Dolphin should NOT have been in his face on every down, behind the O Line. Haz should tear up the line for failing to cover the rush.

Who hit you upside the head about these numbers? Whoever it was is just plain wrong. That is nothing to be ashamed of...as a matter of fact I was impressed.

Well the $150 was for ticket, parking, beer, etc. You're right it isn't all Brooks fault, the line was terrible. But after watching Brooks for however many years now....I know he is not going to get the Saints anywhere.

Brooks should have the sense to know that he is getting blitzed on every down so he should call a hot route to one of his outlets....never happens, never.

It is frustrating watching Brooks every game and the comparing what he did to what Delhome did the same day. One of the worst decisions the Saints ever made (ok well maybe in the last 10 years).

kskonn

10-31-2005, 03:52 PM

Is anyone denying that SA in general, and Mayor McCheese in particular, looks like a pack of vultures when it comes to trying to land the Saints?

They've played their first fucking game in Louisiana Sunday and we're in week eight, on top of listening to the powers that be in SA openly lust for their team for two whole months.

I'd be pissed too.

I just wish that they would let the saints play a full season in San Antonio next year. I think that is the first step to San Antonio getting a team(not the saints). If after they play a full season here, New Orleans has been able to rebuild the city and the facility they should go back. if they go back to NO and it does not work out, then everything is fair game.

there will be no disaster the team will be in New orleans and then SA can go after them if they want.

However, I just think the leaugue should see this as an opportunity to test a new market and see what kind of support they get. they very rarely get that opportunity, they should take advantage of it when the do. Who knows houston may be ready to get rid of the texans pretty soon.

T Park

10-31-2005, 04:22 PM

Who hit you upside the head about these numbers

Isn't amazing how EVERYONE's numbers are wrong but this asshole's??

Amazing.

TheWriter

10-31-2005, 04:43 PM

Opinions are like assholes....everybody has one.

My Aunt Suzy doesn't.

HB22inSA

10-31-2005, 04:45 PM

Remember, The Saints are Louisiana's team.

Carie

10-31-2005, 04:50 PM

La = Shithole = Fact
Come on. Disagree with the guy if you will but don't knock his home.

McKenzie

10-31-2005, 04:57 PM

Who hit you upside the head about these numbers? Whoever it was is just plain wrong. That is nothing to be ashamed of...as a matter of fact I was impressed.

Well the $150 was for ticket, parking, beer, etc. You're right it isn't all Brooks fault, the line was terrible. But after watching Brooks for however many years now....I know he is not going to get the Saints anywhere.

Brooks should have the sense to know that he is getting blitzed on every down so he should call a hot route to one of his outlets....never happens, never.

It is frustrating watching Brooks every game and the comparing what he did to what Delhome did the same day. One of the worst decisions the Saints ever made (ok well maybe in the last 10 years).

San Antonio has been smacked by LA Saints fans since the team got here. Maybe you didn't but others did. That's pretty much over, so whatever.

As for Aaron's playing, most QBs do what their coaches tell them. Long gone are the days of Joe Montana who had more options. QBs today are simply trained differently, don't pull out as many tricks as they could/should, IMHO.

I'm from Louisiana. I've lived here for a very long time, but I've been back and forth for many years for games. I've been watching Aaron live and in person for some time. I know the frustration at them not doing better than 8-8. And I know all about letting Jake leave. They didn't cut him you know. He exercised an option. And went to the Super Bowl. Amazing, right? Jake did well. I'm pleased for him. But, until Aaron has what Jake has, I won't compare them. It's not fair.

samikeyp

10-31-2005, 05:07 PM

Maybe you didn't but others did.

yeah, he did.

sa_butta

10-31-2005, 05:16 PM

I was just glad to see the Dolphins on TV and win a game.

Rescueone

10-31-2005, 05:16 PM

Remember, The Saints are Louisiana's team.

Louisiana can have them back!!! I can wait for our chance to have an expansion team or a better team to relocate here! I'll take the Colts over the Saints any day!

McKenzie

10-31-2005, 05:21 PM

yeah, he did.

Oh really? Hmmmmph. So, he lied right to my font? Man. That chaps my ass.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 05:32 PM

yeah, he did.

I don't recall mentioning anything about the attendance in SA except for this thread. If you can find it, I will eat my crow.

I will say again that I am impressed by the attendence in SA for a "temporary" team. I will also so that I have been impressed by how vocal the crowds have been in support of the Saints. When I watched the game I noticed it seemed quite loud in your dome.

samikeyp

10-31-2005, 05:35 PM

we weren't talking about attendance...we were talking about you slamming SA..which, you did.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 06:37 PM

we weren't talking about attendance...we were talking about you slamming SA..which, you did.

ma bad...the title of the thread and the original comment that I replied to:

"Hey, we got hit upside the head when our San Antonio numbers were in the 59,000-60,000 some odd numbers. Turn about is fair play. LOL"must have thrown me off.

I will not deny that I have slammed SA.

Will you not admit that NO has been slammed at times on this board? "Turn about is fair play. LOL"

samikeyp

10-31-2005, 06:42 PM

I will not deny that I have slammed SA

so then you were lying when you said..

I will reiterate that I have nothing against the people of San Antonio.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 07:24 PM

so then you were lying when you said..

Damn man get over it...I slammed the city of SA in regards to the public comments that came from the MAYOR OF THE CITY. THE MAYOR IS THE HEAD OF THE CITY. Elected of the people, for the people, by the people. Some people in the city agree with the mayor and his tactics and timing, some don't. I'm sure that most people in SA are wonderful people who would give a person in need the shirt off their back.

Do I have to re-reiterate?

I mean c'mon....This is retarded.

samikeyp

10-31-2005, 07:32 PM

hey...you are the one flip-flopping...but that is your call.

NINERS4LIFE

10-31-2005, 07:55 PM

Do I have to re-reiterate?

I mean c'mon....You'll are retarded.

OH, So Now we're RETARDED !!!!!

Screw you MAN !!!!

TheWriter

10-31-2005, 08:00 PM

I mean c'mon....This is retarded.

Nice save... not.

What's funny is if this board was like SaintsReport.com, your ass would have been banned 10 years ago.

exstatic

10-31-2005, 08:06 PM

LSU will listen to their alumni before Tagliabue, because Tags will disappear after the team moves. The alumni are forever, and they won't take kindly to their team's field being trashed.

Actions speak louder than words.

Gov Blanco: bla bla bla
Tags: bla bla bla
Benson: Get that fucking camera out of my face, and fuck you you loudmouth ignorant fan!!!

If Louisiana doesn't start handling this better, they're going to have a Modell on their hands. No, not an owner who moves the team, but an owner who completely withdraws from the community in any "charitable" sense. The fans, politicians, and media savaged Modell so harshly that he said "Fuck you, and the Cleveland Clinic, too". He had donated millions and was a board member. He resigned, and ended his contributions.

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 08:08 PM

OH, So Now we're RETARDED !!!!!

Screw you MAN !!!!

:lol

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 08:13 PM

Nice save... not.

What's funny is if this board was like SaintsReport.com, your ass would have been banned 10 years ago.

Ban me then.

I don't come on here to flame or personally insult anyone. I just state my point...which happens to be different than most on here. If that deserves a banishment then so be it.

NINERS4LIFE

10-31-2005, 08:21 PM

Well then,

By the power vested in me, by Kori Ellis,

I know pronounce you, TGRGRD00, banned from here !

May your days be merry and light and may all your Christmas' be bright. :king

P.S. AND TAKE YOUR HORNETS WITH YOU !!!!!

tgrgrd00

10-31-2005, 08:26 PM

LSU will listen to their alumni before Tagliabue, because Tags will disappear after the team moves. The alumni are forever, and they won't take kindly to their team's field being trashed.

I am an LSU alumni and I don't mind them using the field. Last I heard they were putting a new field down after this season that is supposed to be of much better quality. They were going to put it down before this year but the west upper construction put that off till this post season.

hicksi

10-31-2005, 08:37 PM

Ban me then.

I don't come on here to flame or personally insult anyone. I just state my point...which happens to be different than most on here. If that deserves a banishment then so be it.

Don't sweat it.

They're just water-pistols at 50 yards.
and piss-weak ones at that.

samikeyp

11-01-2005, 12:04 AM

You have insulted people and flamed but no more so than many others here and they haven't been banned. Kori is not going to ban you for having a contrary opinion. That is the cool thing about this site is that you can freely express yourself without fear of banning. You haven't done anything worth banning and unless Kori says so, keep on expressing yourself.

McKenzie

11-01-2005, 08:21 AM

ma bad...the title of the thread and the original comment that I replied to:

must have thrown me off.

I will not deny that I have slammed SA.

Will you not admit that NO has been slammed at times on this board? "Turn about is fair play. LOL"

Did you notice the LOL at the end of that line? I guess you don't know that means it was just a stupid shot, not a slam. I'm from there. :rolleyes

Sarcasm is lost on some, ya know.

hicksi

11-01-2005, 09:13 AM

What's sarcasm?

tgrgrd00

11-01-2005, 11:32 AM

Did you notice the LOL at the end of that line? I guess you don't know that means it was just a stupid shot, not a slam. I'm from there. :rolleyes

Sarcasm is lost on some, ya know.

I got ya McKensie...I know what LOL means and I could sense the sarcasm. I only used that quote to return the sarcasm.

It's all good.

Oh, Gee!!

11-01-2005, 11:48 AM

You got that right. LSU's field was shit today and given a month with both of them on it, it's going to be mush. LSU didn't want them 2 months ago. They won't be begging for them next year.

Plus, the Saints are a dome team

PeterBurns

11-01-2005, 11:54 AM

:rollin :rollin :rollin
What's sarcasm?

samikeyp

11-01-2005, 12:01 PM

Pedro es Dio

McKenzie

11-01-2005, 12:39 PM

Plus, the Saints are a dome team

True, but they are on grass enough to deal with it. The problem comes when the grass is a mosh pit of mud.

sportsfann1976

11-01-2005, 03:32 PM

Yeah, you and I both know that the Saints have disappointed us. But we've been dealing with that throughout the history of the Saints. They disappoint us almost every year. But we still come back, every year and love them all over again. And San Antoinio, you can not understand why we boo the Saints because they are not YOUR team and you do not have the history with them that we have. Joe Horn even said himself, "We deserved to be booed".

One day you'll get your chance, San Antonio, but it won't be with the Saints because we have good old Tag on our side. Win or lose, we love OUR Saints.

McKenzie

11-01-2005, 03:37 PM

Been a Saints fan for 20 years. I don't ever boo them. You might, but I wasn't raised up that way.

sportsfann1976

11-01-2005, 03:46 PM

That's great that you don't boo them, but if you have ever been to a Saints game in your 20 years of being a Saints fan you would know that there has always been booing. After you've been let down over and over and over again, it's a natural reaction. It has nothing to do with how you were raised. It's about demanding results. We Saints fans have a right to boo our team if they deserve it. San Antonio can't boo the Saints now because they're trying to keep them. Once the honeymoon phase is over and after 30 plus years of disappointing seasons, we'll see how many cheers they get when they run the ball on 3rd and 20 in the fourth quarter when they're down by a billion points.

Shiner Bock Girl

11-01-2005, 04:26 PM

One day you'll get your chance, San Antonio, but it won't be with the Saints because we have good old Tag on our side. Win or lose, we love OUR Saints.

You have Tags on your side??? LOL, but looks like you forgot one very important thing, WHO OWNS THE TEAM??? After you guys have treated him, i don't blame him now for sure to move his team elsewhere....Wanted a sure thing, then maybe NOLA should have bought the team yourselves, then you can talk about where they go and where they stay...Until then, Benson RULES all of you Tag lovers ass...Yeahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :princess :owned

NINERS4LIFE

11-01-2005, 09:25 PM

hicksi

11-01-2005, 09:43 PM

You have Tags on your side??? LOL, but looks like you forgot one very important thing, WHO OWNS THE TEAM??? After you guys have treated him, i don't blame him now for sure to move his team elsewhere....Wanted a sure thing, then maybe NOLA should have bought the team yourselves, then you can talk about where they go and where they stay...Until then, Benson RULES all of you Tag lovers ass...Yeahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :princess :owned
I think that's debatable.
Benson owns the team. But the NFL owns the game. They have only given permission for "The New Orleans Saints" to play in New Orleans. Benson needs the league's permission to play home games anywhere else.
It's an interesting connundrum for Benson, in that by forcing legal action on New Orleans (who cannot supply the necessary facilities) he may end up with no place to play (though I would expect Tag to blink before that occured)

exstatic

11-01-2005, 10:22 PM

Tagliabue serves at the leisure of the owners, and can ill afford to be seen as bullying one of them, lest they all gang up and Selig him. His role is really that of an arbiter, spokesman, and concensus builder among the ownership group. In the final analysis, he is an employee.

The Saints will play where Tom wants them to next year and beyond.

McKenzie

11-01-2005, 10:56 PM

Loose Cannon

11-02-2005, 09:12 AM

Wow. A few things really need clearing up.

#1. Turnstile attendance at Baton Rouge was 62,000. If you actually believe that the Alamodome was full for the Falcons game, it's still only 3,000 less. And it's quite a bit more than the Bills game. I was at the Falcons game and saw with my own eyes that it was maybe 90% full as reported by some. I'm guessing 60,000 attended that game.

Add to that the 8,000 free tickets that Tom Benson gave away, plus corporate tickets (Baton Rouge does not have any big corporations, New Orleans at least had a few) and Baton Rouge absolutely smoked San Antonio. Baton Rouge is maybe 1/10th the size of New Orleans and is an LSU town. Baton Rouge has a little brother complex to New Orleans anyway and many dislike the Saints franchise.

I do not expect the numbers to stay up at Baton Rouge simply because of the Saints ineptitude and the fact that many are still homeless/jobless and don't have the money to go to all four. Regardless, Baton Rouge still outperformed San Antonio, at least once.

And if you want to talk fan support... let's get in to how many empty seats were at the SBC Center last night. The stadium was half empty when the final buzzer sounded and was never more than 85% full from what I saw. On opening night, with a ring presentation, after a title year. Wow. Great job. You guys really are in a position to trash Baton Rouge's attendance. Not.

#2. Tagliabue already has "laid the smack down" on Benson. He made him play 4 games in Baton Rouge. He essentially forced him to sit down with himself and Governer Blanco and negotiate this past Sunday. If you think Benson is calling the shots here you are gravely mistaken.

If Benson were running things he wouldn't be running around trying to punch cameramen. That's his tantrum because he's not getting his way.

Extra Stout

11-02-2005, 09:18 AM

The discussion is starting to become moot. Unless S.A. can pull a new stadium out of its ass, like today, it's out of the running.

It looks like the New Orleans Saints are going to stay the New Orleans Saints for a while.

Now we get to see whether San Antonians pout.

Loose Cannon

11-02-2005, 09:21 AM

samikeyp

11-02-2005, 10:30 AM

Now we get to see whether San Antonians pout.

some will...a lot won't.

Shiner Bock Girl

11-02-2005, 02:07 PM

some will...a lot won't.

OOp, wrong post, let me change this.

Shiner Bock Girl

11-02-2005, 02:09 PM

Regardless it's pretty weak for you guys to be running smack on the Saints fans and the Baton Rouge fans given all of the will-call and line issues at Tiger Stadium, the historical support a crappy franchise has been given, and the fact that Spurs fans aren't exactly world-beaters either. I'm a Spurs fan too. I've gotten playoff tickets a day before tipoff for face value off of Ticketmaster.

This guy LOOSE CANNON is was also known as ELLCEE on the spursreport causing all kinds of trouble then went back to saintsresport changing everything that was said to piss ppl off there...He also told those guys there that he was banned on spursreport which he was not....He's a trouble maker tyring to make himself look good on saintsreport....He's only here to cause trouble and report back to Saintsreport to cause trouble....Do yourself a favor and ignore this punk, because thats all he is...

McKenzie

11-02-2005, 02:23 PM

Wow. A few things really need clearing up.

This is a message board. Not a court of law. Who cares what you think needs to be cleared up!

Right on Shiner Girl.

hicksi

11-02-2005, 03:59 PM

I've been to plenty of games. I don't boo because it's not professional.
You KNOW that you cannot boo when you're on post #69

PeterBurns

11-02-2005, 04:23 PM

Warning. Ownage Ahead. Not For The Weak At Heart

Wow. A few things really need clearing up.
Enlighten Me.

#1. Turnstile attendance at Baton Rouge was 62,000. If you actually believe that the Alamodome was full for the Falcons game, it's still only 3,000 less. And it's quite a bit more than the Bills game. I was at the Falcons game and saw with my own eyes that it was maybe 90% full as reported by some. I'm guessing 60,000 attended that game.

So far okay. It's the longest I've agreed with you.

Add to that the 8,000 free tickets that Tom Benson gave away, plus corporate tickets (Baton Rouge does not have any big corporations, New Orleans at least had a few)
Still with you.....

and Baton Rouge absolutely smoked San Antonio. Baton Rouge is maybe 1/10th the size of New Orleans and is an LSU town. Baton Rouge has a little brother complex to New Orleans anyway and many dislike the Saints franchise.

Starting to get shaky in here, prepare for meltdown in 5...4...3....2..1.....

I do not expect the numbers to stay up at Baton Rouge
OOOOHHHHHH NOOOOOO!!!!!!

But all this time you have said that Baton Rouge and New Orleans can support it.....Have you finally seen the light...Welcome.

KILLSHOT COMING IN ......5.......4.......3......2......1.....
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simply because of the Saints ineptitude and the fact that many are still homeless/jobless and don't have the money to go to all four. Regardless, Baton Rouge still outperformed San Antonio, at least once.

SO KEEP THE TEAM IN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS DESPITE ADMITTING TO BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. THE DAM HAS BROKEN.....
:owned :owned :owned :owned :owned

And if you want to talk fan support... let's get in to how many empty seats were at the SBC Center last night.

Funny, I didn't see you there in the stands. What section where you sitting in?

WARNING, GRAPHIC OWNAGE BELOW, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

The stadium was half empty when the final buzzer sounded

REMIND ME HOW FULL TIGER STADIUM WAS AT THE END OF THE SAINTS GAME?

Wow. Great job. You guys really are in a position to trash Baton Rouge's attendance. Not.

Was that a Wayne's World Line?

Thanks for participating......

samikeyp

11-02-2005, 04:24 PM

Ouch.

Game, set and match...Mr. Burns. :spin

dknights411

11-02-2005, 04:34 PM

REMIND ME HOW FULL TIGER STADIUM WAS AT THE END OF THE SAINTS GAME?

Now THAT'S ownage!!!

Shiner Bock Girl

11-02-2005, 05:25 PM

Now THAT'S ownage!!!

Whats really funny is Loose Cannon claims to be such a beloved spurs fan yet he tries a cheap shot against them saying how empty the SBC center was??? Which was stated it was a sellout, lol...He must of racked up quite a few points on the saintsreport for that comment....Oh don't worry, i'm sure this thread is being posted there...LOL....So say CHEESEEEEE guys!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :cat

gameFACE

11-03-2005, 12:24 AM

That Loose Cannon guy got severely owned. Another reason for empty seats at SBC is because of scalpers. I think the Nuggets series last playoffs you could get tix the day before. I got one for Game 4 of the Suns series the day of the game but that's because Ticketmaster releases a few in the afternoon. Otherwise you were screwed if you didn't get in the first minute they went on sale or were a season ticket holder with first dibs.

The real attendance test for BR will be the next couple of games after the novelty has worn off. Same for SA. At least LC admits that people won't be able to afford more games. That's a big reality for La.

McKenzie

11-03-2005, 11:14 AM

You KNOW that you cannot boo when you're on post #69

True. Very, very true. :lol

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 10:42 AM

Warning. Ownage Ahead. Not For The Weak At Heart

But all this time you have said that Baton Rouge and New Orleans can support it.....Have you finally seen the light...Welcome.

Funny, I didn't see you there in the stands. What section where you sitting in?

Section N23. Southwest endzone, very top row of the lower level.

REMIND ME HOW FULL TIGER STADIUM WAS AT THE END OF THE SAINTS GAME?

What does that have to do with anything?

- How full was the Spurs game at the end on Tuesday?

- The Saints are not a Baton Rouge team. Baton Rouge is an LSU town. If the Spurs played in Austin and laid an absolute egg, and were down by 20, the stadium would be 4/5 empty. What does that have to do with San Antonio's support for the Spurs? Nobody is saying the Saints should play in Baton Rouge permanently.

- Despite your self-claimed "ownage", you aren't even addressing the real facts here. The Saints are #10 all time in attendance in the NFL. In New Orleans. Not Baton Rouge. The fact that Baton Rouge SOLD more tickets than San Antonio did for either of their games is just "lagniappe" on top of the fact that New Orleans has proven time and time again that it can and will support the Saints.

You haven't owned shit. Despite your little minions huddling around your balls for another taste of your incredible use of HUGE FONTS and disconnected logic, you did not make one valid point in your post.

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 10:48 AM

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9576/nomiaticket3tu.jpg

So much for your "ownage". Zzzzz.

McKenzie

11-04-2005, 10:59 AM

I've got one of those. Do I own him, too?

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 11:02 AM

I'm not the one throwing out one-liners and then claiming ownage.

I don't believe in the mantra of "he who has the biggest font owns all", as someone here apparently does :). Apparently I was owned by the "rhetorical" question of where I sat in Baton Rouge. I gave an answer. If that makes my friend here "owned" so be it but I'm not going to go around with my dick out trumpeting how much ownage I just spewed. When you know, you know.

PeterBurns

11-04-2005, 11:37 AM

Nice. You Went Out Of Your To Take The Time To Do That.
Awesome.....but only one problem.

The statement....."Funny I didn't see you in the stands" was about you talking about the Spurs

:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

And perhaps we can let the judges decide who has been the dog and who has been the fire hydrant in these exchanges.

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 11:38 AM

Oh. What does me being in the stands of the Spurs game have to do with anything?

Are there magical fantasy-land fans that don't show up for the television cameras but show up in real life?

McKenzie

11-04-2005, 11:40 AM

I was just going to clarify which game you had referred to. LOL

I need a bowl of popcorn.

PeterBurns

11-04-2005, 12:01 PM

Oh. What does me being in the stands of the Spurs game have to do with anything?

Are there magical fantasy-land fans that don't show up for the television cameras but show up in real life?

Because you sound like an

http://www.shiftyjackal.com/Pictures/donkey.jpg

we you speak of topics you don't have 1st hand knowledge of.

The post of saying that San Antonio can't support the Spurs because the stadium had empty seats at the end of the game is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read.

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 12:02 PM

I never said the city of San Antonio can't support the Spurs.

I said that the fan support is not exactly "rabid". This has been brought up year after year by the Spurs organization and the San Antonio media.

The entire point that you have missed completely is that anyone here criticizing fan support of the Saints over the years is barking up the wrong tree.

McKenzie

11-04-2005, 12:02 PM

Pete has a nice ass. ;)

samikeyp

11-04-2005, 12:51 PM

I said that the fan support is not exactly "rabid". This has been brought up year after year by the Spurs organization and the San Antonio media

I would disagree with that...if nothing else look at the Spurs board in this forum. This is the same fan base that was there when the Spurs were bad. you get 400,000 people to a river parade for the championships and 5000 at the airport after a second round series win. As someone who has lived in San Antonio all my life and been a Spurs fan almost as long...I can say with much certainty that we are very rabid, very loyal fans.

N.Y. Johnny

11-04-2005, 01:02 PM

San Antonio does support the spurs hard core.....But

http://www.ket.org/images/nola/RERA__.1037775.200x150.jpg

"You Don't have to take my word for it"

Loose Cannon

11-04-2005, 01:22 PM

Samikey, there are a group of diehards in every fan base. Even Jacksonville. Or Toronto. Those on a message board represent that die-hard, informed group.

Bottom line is that fan support comes up almost, if not, every year when talking about the Spurs. There is no denying that. I've been a Spurs fan my entire life and have actually had to defend our support of the team in the past to Mavs fans and others.

Anyway, I don't want to get into a debate about Spurs fans. Like I've said several times, I am a Spurs fan. Bottom line is that Saints fans and Spurs fans have put up comparable support for two totally different franchises - one great, one miserable - for years. The trashing of Louisiana Saints fans needs to stop.

samikeyp

11-04-2005, 01:38 PM

You are correct...although the depth of the loyal fans extend beyond the message board, I was merely using the ones here as an example. I was not trying to imply that only the rabid fans are here. I should have worded that better.

Fan support has never been an issue here in SA...although I can't speak for what happens outside San Antonio. In fact when talk of moving arose in the past...it was that fan support that was championed as a big reason to stay.

The trashing of Louisiana Saints fans needs to stop.

I agree...as does the trashing of San Antonians and Spurs fans. Except Hardberger...he has brought it on himself.

McKenzie

11-04-2005, 01:54 PM

SaintsReport should stop bashing San Antonio for everything we do and are. They need to stop coming here to do it, too. People found out about SR and wanted to hang out with Saints fans, then were slammed, splattered, kicked, then banned. You cannot say them same has happened here...unless you came here to continue a fight that started there. You'll get words back at you, but you won't get banned.

So, now we know which teams you like. Great. You want to get along? Stop arguing.